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1. A DATA TRANSMITTER COMPRISING: READING MEANS FOR RECEIVING A UNIT-RECORD MEDIUM MANUALLY INSERTED INTO READING POSITION THEREIN AND FOR READING AND STORING FOR SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION ALL DATA RECORDED THEREIN WHILE TEMPORARILY AND STATIONARILY RETAINING SAID MEDIUM IN SAID READING MEANS UNTIL READING OF SAID MEDIUM IS COMPLETED, CONTROL MEANS AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATED JOINTLY BY THE INSERTION INTO AND BY THE RETENTION WITH PRESELECTED POSITIONAL ORIENTATION IN SAID READING MEANS OF A UNITRECORD MEDIUM IN STATIONARY READING POSITION FOR INITIATING A READING OPERATION OF SAID READING MEANS TO READ AND STORE DATA RECORDED IN THE MEDIUM AND THEREUPON TO RELEASE THE MEDIUM FROM READING POSITION PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THE STORED DATE THEREOF, MEANS OPERTIVE UPON COMPLETION OF EACH READING OPERATION FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTING THE DATA STORED IN SAID READING MEANS, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING UNTIL COMPLETION OF EACH DATA TRANSMISSION THE INITIATION BY SAID CONTROL MEANS OF A FURTHER READING OPERATION TO READ A FURTHER UNIT-RECORD MEDIUM MANUALLY INSERTED AND RETAINED IN READING POSITION IN SAID READING MEANS. 